About Relocation By Numbers
Relocation By Numbers was created to help people make smarter move decisions with clearer financial context. Instead of relying on scattered calculators, generic cost-of-living lists, or headline salary comparisons, the goal is to show how a move may actually affect your monthly budget, take-home pay, and long-term financial path.
The site focuses on one practical question: how far does your money really go if you move?
Relocation planning
Compare how taxes, housing costs, and affordability may change when moving between states or cities.
Salary context
Look past gross income and estimate what salary may feel equivalent after a move once taxes and housing costs are considered together.
FIRE and long-term planning
Explore how relocation may affect financial independence timelines, spending pressure, and long-term planning assumptions.
Why this site exists
When researching relocation and financial independence, the information needed to make a real decision was often split across multiple tools. One site showed cost of living. Another estimated taxes. Another handled retirement or FIRE math. Very few tools connected the pieces in a way that reflected how a move can change everyday affordability.
I built this after seeing how hard it was to compare relocation decisions across taxes, housing, and long-term planning in one place. Relocation By Numbers was built to bring those pieces together in one place. The idea is not to replace detailed personal budgeting or professional advice. The idea is to give people a stronger planning starting point before they move, negotiate salary, compare offers, or rethink where they want to live.
What makes Relocation By Numbers different
More than headline salary
A higher salary does not always mean a better financial move. The site is built around take-home pay, housing pressure, and monthly flexibility, not just gross income.
Relocation-first framing
Many calculators treat location as a side note. This site treats location as the main variable because taxes, housing, and recurring costs can change the outcome of a move fast.
Planning tools in one place
Instead of jumping between separate tools, users can compare relocation, salary, cost of living, and FIRE-related tradeoffs in one connected system.
Transparent assumptions
The site is built for planning estimates, with methodology and assumptions intended to be clear enough for users to understand what the tools are modeling and where the limits are.
Who this site is for
Relocation By Numbers is built for people who are trying to make a move decision with clearer financial context, including:
- people comparing two cities or states before relocating
- remote workers deciding whether a move improves affordability
- households evaluating whether lower taxes actually improve the budget
- future renters or buyers pressure-testing housing costs
- people exploring how location may affect a FIRE timeline
Important note
Relocation By Numbers provides planning estimates, not financial, tax, legal, or investment advice. Actual costs can vary based on neighborhood, household size, housing choices, deductions, insurance, and many other factors.
The tools are most useful for understanding direction and tradeoffs before making a decision. For more detail on assumptions and modeling, see the methodology page.